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Subject: Re: [boost] [lockfree] _ENABLE_ATOMIC_ALIGNMENT_FIX for VS 2015Update 2
From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-05-10 12:13:06


On Tuesday, 10 May 2016 19:12:12 MSK you wrote:
> On Tuesday, 10 May 2016 19:07:27 MSK Stephan T. Lavavej
>
> wrote:
> > [Andrey Semashev]
> >
> > > IMHO, it should be fixed in MSVC. The error should be opt-
>
> in,
>
> > Users don't discover opt-in features.
>
> It's a bugfix, not a feature. The bug is a nasty one, I understand.
> But I would have preferred to have the correct and silent
> behavior rather than having to deal with warnings and config
> macros to convince the compiler to do the right thing.

BTW, I thought MSVC did not guarantee ABI compatibility between
different versions? Did this change?


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